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B. S. ATWOOD. HINGE.

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PATENT BENJAMIN S. ATWOOD, OF SOUTH ABINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HINGE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 244,025, dated July 12,1881. Application filed May 15, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN S. A'rwoon, of South Abington,Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Hinge, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention is particularly applicable to crates; but it may be used inany place where the ordinary hinge is employed.

The object of my invention is to provide a hinge which will admit of thecover of the crate or other article to which it is attached beingreadily detached, and which will permit the cover to be turned entirelyback, so as to lie close against the side of the crate or other thing towhich it is attached. I accomplish these objects by making one part ofthe hinge of metal in the ordinary form, with a hollow knuckle at oneend to receive the other part, and with holes, through which the hingeis to be secured to the body of the crate to which it is to be attached.The other part of the hinge is to be made of metallic wire, bent in theform of a spring, its ends bent at right angles, so that the ends thusbent can be readily placed in the hollow knuckle at the other part ofthe hinge, the bent ends of the wire spring being sprung apart at thisend to admit of its being connected with the other part. This spring isto be attached to the cover in any suitable manner. When it is desiredto detach the cover the spring is to be opened or sprung apartsufficiently for the purpose.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents the hinge with the two partsunited; Fig. 2, the

part to be attached to the body of the crate, and Fig. 3 the bent wirespring to be attached to the cover.

a is the knuckle,in to which the bent ends I) b of the wire portion ofthe hinge are to be placed. The ends I) b are free to turn withinknuckle a. They may also be withdrawn therefrom for uushipping orseparating the parts of the hinge.

I am aware that door-sprin gs have been constructed from a single barwound helically and having straightened ends, the tips of which are bentto enter the opposite sides of a hollow knuckle; also, that hinges havebeen made in two parts, one being a hollow rectangle, and the other astrap having its end bent around one side of that rectangle to form atube or sleeve; also, thathinges have been constructed of a hollowknuckle and a bar having one end bent to interlock therewith. I do notclaim any of the above devices.

W hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A door-11in ge consisting of a hollow knuckle and a V-shaped barhaving'its ends bent into the opposite sides of said knuckle, wherebythe hinge is adapted to be uushipped by springing apart said ends, theknuckle being free to turn thereon, substantially as set forth.

B. S. ATWOOD.

\Vitnesses:

HENRY E. COOPER, CHAS. H. DREW.

